# 37 – LHP Hisanori Takahashi

Why Ranked Here: He goes to Spring Training in St. Lucie with a chance to break camp as a fifth starter. Crazy, but true. His fastball lives between 85 and 90 mph, but he uses a sinker at 80 mph almost as much as his heater. He mixes in a cutter around 85, a slider in the upper 70s-low 80s and an goofy curveball at 65 mph. He throws so many pitches with a full range between 75 and 90 with a few 65s that it’s not hard to see him keeping the league off-balance his fist time through. Thanks NPB velocity tracker!